Publications of the Ebert lab since 2000
Download Publications
Books
2006
-
Altermatt, F., Fritsch, D., Huber, W. & Whitebread, S. 2006. Die
Gross-Schmetterlingsfauna der Region Basel. Band 2 der Monographien der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel.
The book is written in German an can be ordered at
http://www.EGBasel.ch
2005
Papers
2012
- Mennerat, A. , Hamre, L., Ebert, D., Nilsen, F., Da Vidova, M. & Skorping, A. 2012. Life history and virulence are linked in the ectoparasitic salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Journal evolutionary Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02474.x
- Duneau, D. & Ebert, D. 2012. Host Sexual Dimorphism and Parasite Adaptation. PLoS Biology 10 (2): e1001271. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001271
- Refardt, D. & Ebert, D. 2012. The impact of infection on host competition and its relationship to parasite persistence in a Daphnia-microparasite system. Evolutionary Ecology 26:95–107. doi: 10.1007/s10682-011-9487-5
- Le Coadic, M., Simon, M., Marchetti, A., Ebert, D. & Cosson, P. 2012. Daphnia magna, a host to evaluate bacterial virulence. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78: 593-595 doi:10.1128/AEM.06278-11.
- Luijckx P., Fienberg H., Duneau D., Ebert D. 2012. Resistance to a bacterial parasite in the crustacean Daphnia magna shows Mendelian segregation with dominance. Heredity, doi:10.1038/hdy.2011.122.
2011
- Brites D., Encinas-Viso F., Ebert D., Du Pasquier L., Haag C.R. 2011. Population genetics of duplicated alternatively spliced exons of the dscam gene in Daphnia and Drosophila. PLoS One. 6 (12): e27947.
- Ebert, D. 2011. A genome for the environment. Science 331:539-540
- McElroy, K., Mouton, L., Du Pasquier, L., Qi, W. & Ebert, D. 2011. Characterisation of a large family of polymorphic collagen-like proteins in the endospore-forming bacterium Pasteuria ramosa. Research in Microbiology 162(7):701-14.
- Lass, S. , Hottinger, J.W., Fabbro, T. & Ebert, D. 2011. Converging seasonal prevalence dynamics in experimental epidemics. BMC Ecology 11:14 (17 May 2011)
- Ben-Ami, F., Rigaud, T. and Ebert, D. 2011. The expression of virulence during double infections by different parasites with conflicting host exploitation and transmission strategies. Journal evol. Biology 24:1307-1316. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02264.x.
- Duneau, D., P. Luijckx, F. Ben-Ami, C. Laforsch and D. Ebert. 2011. Resolving the infection process reveals striking differences in the contribution of environment, genetics and phylogeny to host-parasite interactions. BMC Biology, 9:11. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/9/11
- Luijckx P., Ben-Ami F., Mouton L., Pasquier L., Ebert D. 2011. Cloning of the unculturable parasite Pasteuria ramosa and its Daphnia host reveals extreme genotype-genotype interactions. Ecology Letters 14:125-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01561.x
- Haag, K.L., Larsson, J.I.R., Refardt, D. & Ebert, D. 2011. Cytological and molecular description of Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis gen. et sp. nov., a microsporidian parasite of Daphnia magna, and establishment of Hamiltosporidium magnivora comb. nov. Parasitology 138: 447-462. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001393
- Ebert, D. & Qi, W. 2011. An evolutionary ecology perspective on comparative metagenomics. In: Metagenomics and its Applications in Agriculture, Biomedicine, and Environmental Studies (edited by Robert W. Li). Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY (in press).
2010
- Altermatt, F., Pajunen, V.I. & Ebert, D. 2010. Populations in small, ephemeral habitat patches may drive dynamics in a Daphnia magna metapopulation. Ecology 91:2975–2982. doi:10.1890/09-2016.1
- Mennerat, A., Nilsen, F., Ebert, D. & Skorping, A. 2010. Intensive Farming: Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens. Evolutionary Biology 37 (2-3):59-67 DOI 10.1007/s11692-010-9089-0
- Routtu, J., Jansen, B., Colson, I., De Meester, L. & Ebert, D. 2010. The first-generation Daphnia magna linkage map. BMC Genomics 11:508, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-508
- Keeling, P.J., Corradi, N., Morrison, H.G., Haag, K.L., Ebert, D., Weiss, L.M., Akiyoshi, D.E. & Tzipori, S. 2010. The reduced genome of the parasitic Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi lacks genes for core carbon metabolism. Genome Biology and Evolution 2:304-309.
- Frost, P.C., D. Ebert, J.H. Larson, M.A. Marcus, N.D. Wagner, and A. Zalewski. 2010. Transgenerational effects of poor elemental food quality on an aquatic invertebrate. Oecologia (Berl.) 162:865-872..
- Pulkkinen, K., Suomalainen L.-R., Read, A. F., Ebert, D., Rintamäki, P. & Valtonen E.T. 2010. Intensive fish farming and the evolution of pathogen virulence: the case of columnaris disease in Finland. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, London 277: 593-600
- Ganz, H. & Ebert, D. 2010. Parasite invasion depends on genetic variation in both host and parasite populations. Ecology 91: 1263–1268.
- Ben-Ami, F., Ebert, D. & Regoes, R. 2010. Pathogen Dose Infectivity Curves as a Method to Analyze the Distribution of Host Susceptibility: A Quantitative Assessment of Maternal Effects after Food Stress and Pathogen Exposure. American Naturalist 175: 106–115
2009
- Corradi, N., Haag, K.L., Pombert, J.F., Ebert, D. & Keeling, P.J. 2009. Draft genome sequence of the Daphnia pathogen Octosporea bayeri: insights into the gene content of a large microsporidian genome and a model for host-parasite interactions. Genome Biology 10:R106
- Mouton, L., Traunecker, E., McElroy, K., Du Pasquier, L. & Ebert, D. 2009. Identification of a polymorphic collagen-like protein in the crustacean bacteria Pasteuria ramosa. Research in Microbiology 160:792-799
- Colsson, I., Du Pasquier, L. & Ebert, D. 2009. Intragenic Tandem Repeats in Daphnia magna: Structure, Function and Distribution. BMC Research Notes 2:206
- Altermatt, F., Pajunen, V.I. & Ebert, D. 2009. Desiccation of rock pool habitats and its influence on population persistence in a Daphnia metacommunity. PLoS ONE 4:e4703
- Bieger, A. & Ebert, D. 2009. Expression of parasite virulence at different host population densities under natural conditions. Oecologia Oecologia 160:247–255.
- Gaba, S. & Ebert, D. 2009. Time-shift experiments as a tool to study antagonistic coevolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24:226-232.
- Altermatt, F. Baumeyer, A. & Ebert D. 2009. Experimental evidence for male biased flight-to-light behavior in two moth species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 130: 259–265.
- Qi, W., Nong, G., Preston, J.F., Ben-Ami, F. & Ebert, D. 2009. Comparative metagenomics of Daphnia symbionts. BMC Genomics 10:172-189.
2008
- Frost, P., Ebert, D. & Smith, V. 2008. Bacterial infection changes the elemental composition of Daphnia. J. Anim. Ecology 77: 1265–1272.
- Ben-Ami, F., Mouton, L. & Ebert, D. 2008. The effects of multiple infections on the expression and evolution of virulence in a Daphnia - endoparasite system. Evolution 62: 1700–1711.
- Ebert, D. 2008. Host - parasite coevolution: insights from the Daphnia - parasite model system. Current Opinions in Microbiology 11: 290–301.
- Altermatt, F. & Ebert, D. 2008. Genetic diversity of Daphnia magna populations enhances resistance to parasites. Ecology letters 11: 918–928.
- Brites, D., Seanna McTaggart, s., Morris, K., Anderson, J., Thomas, K., Colson, I., Fabbro, T., Little, T., Ebert, D. & Du Pasquier, L. 2008. The Dscam homologue of the Crustacean Daphnia is diversified by alternative splicing like in Insects. Molecular biology and evolution 25(7): 1429–1439.
- Zbinden, M., Haag, C.R. & Ebert, D. 2008. Experimental evolution of field populations of Daphnia magna in response to parasite treatment. Journal of evolutionary Biology 21: 1068–1078.
- Ben-Ami, F., Regoes, R.R. & Ebert, D. 2008. A quantitative test of the relationship between parasite dose and infection probability across different host-parasite combinations Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 275: 853–859
- Mouton, L. & Ebert, D. 2008. Variable number of tandem repeats analysis of genetic diversity within Pasteuria ramosa. Current Microbiology 56: 447–452
- Altermatt, F., & Ebert, D. 2008. The influence of habitat size and habitat stability on the production of the resting and migration stage in a Daphnia metapopulation. Oecologia 157: 441–452
- Altermatt, F., Pajunen, I.V. & Ebert, D. 2008. Climate change affects colonisation dynamics in a metacommunity of three Daphnia species. Global Change Biology. 14: 1209–1220
- Roth, O.; Ebert, D., Vizoso, D.B. , Bieger, A. & Lass, S. 2008. Male-biased sex-ratio distortion caused by a vertically and horizontally infecting parasite. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 969-979.
- Frost, P., Ebert. D. & Smith,V. 2008. Responses of a bacterial pathogen to phosphorus limitation of its aquatic invertebrate host. Ecology 89: 313–318
- Bull, J.J. & Ebert. D. 2008. Invasion thresholds and the evolution of non-equilibrium virulence. Evolutionary Applications 1: 172–182
- Rodrigues, J.L.M., Duffy, M.A., Tessier, A.J., Ebert, D., Mouton, L. & Schmidt, T.M. 2008. Phylogenetic characterization and prevalence of Spirobacillus cienkowskii: a red-pigmented, spiral-shaped bacterial pathogen of the freshwater Cladoceran, Daphnia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 1575-1582.
- Smith, L., Mouton, L., Nong, G., Ebert, D. & Preston, J.F. 2008. Genetic and immunological comparison of the cladoceran parasite Pasteuria ramosa with the nematode parasite Pasteuria penetrans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 259-264.
2007
- Decaestecker, E., Gaba, S., Raeymaekers, J.A.M., Stoks, R., Van Kerckhoven, L., Ebert, D. & De Meester, L. 2007. Host-parasite 'Red Queen' dynamics archived in pond sediment. Nature 450:870-873.
- Altermatt, F., & Ebert, D. (2007) The genotype specific competitive ability does not correlate with infection in natural Daphnia magna populations. PLoS ONE 2 (12): e1280.
- Ebert, D., Altermatt, F. & Lass, S. 2007. A short term benefit for outcrossing in a Daphnia metapopulation in relation to parasitism. J. R. Soc. Interface 4:777-785 (open access!)
- Altermatt, F., Hottinger, J.W. & Ebert, D. 2007. Parasites promote host gene flow in a metapopulation. Evolutionary Ecology (in press). DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9136-6
- Haag, C.R. & Ebert, D. 2007. Genotypic selection in Daphnia populations consisting of inbred sibships. J. evol. Biology 20: 881-891.
- Mouton, L., Nong, G., Preston, J.F. & Ebert, D. 2007. Variable Number of Tandem Repeats as molecular markers for biotypes of Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia species. Applied and environmental microbiology 73:3715-3718.
- Refardt, D. & Ebert, D. 2007. Inference of parasite local adaptation using two different fitness components. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
20: 921-929. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01307.x
- Refardt, D. & Mouton, L. 2007 Reverse arrangement of rRNA subunits in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54: 83-85. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00149.x
2006
- Pulkkinen, K. & Ebert, D. 2006. The effect of size-selective removal on host and parasite persistence in experimental populations. Oecologia 149: 72-80.
- Wolinska,J., K. Bittner, D. Ebert & P. Spaak 2006. The coexistence of hybrid and parental Daphnia - the role of parasites. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 273: 1977-1983.
- Jensen, K. H., Little, T., Skorping, A. & Ebert, D. 2006. Empirical support for optimal virulence in a castrating parasite. PLoS Biology 4: e197. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040197
- Refardt, D. & Ebert, D. Quantitative PCR to detect, discriminate and quantify intracellular parasites in their host: an example from three microsporidians in Daphnia. Parasitology 133: 11-18. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000060
- Haag, C. R., Riek, M., Hottinger, J. W., Pajunen, V. I. & Ebert, D. 2006.
Founder events as determinants of within-island and among-island genetic structure
of Daphnia metapopulations. Heredity 96: 150-158. DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800774
- Little, T. J., Watt, K. & Ebert, D. 2006. Parasite-host specificity:
experimental studies on the basis of parasite adaptation. Evolution 60: 31-38.
- Lass, S. & Ebert, D. 2006. Apparent seasonality of parasite dynamics:
analysis of cyclic prevalence patterns. Proceedings: Biological Sciences.
273: 199-206. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3310
2005
- Haag, C.R., Riek, M., Hottinger, J.W., Pajunen, V.I. & Ebert, D. 2005.
Genetic diversity and genetic differentiation in Daphnia metapopulations
with subpopulations of known age. Genetics 170: 1809-1820.
- Decaestecker , E., Declerck, S., De Meester, L. & Ebert, D. 2005. Ecological
implications of parasites in natural Daphnia populations. Oecologia
144: 382-390.
- Vizoso, D.B. & Ebert. D. 2005. Phenotypic plasticity of host-parasite
interactions in response to the route of infection. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology 18: 911-921.
- Vizoso, D.B., Lass, S. & Ebert. D. 2005. Different mechanisms of transmission
of the microsporidium Octosporea bayeri: a cocktail of solutions for
the problem of parasite permanence. Parasitology 130: 501-509.
- Vizoso, D.B. & Ebert. D. 2005. Mixed inoculations of a microsporidian
parasite with horizontal and vertical infections. Oecologia 143: 157-166.
- Zbinden, M., Lass, S., Refardt, D., Hottinger, J. & Ebert, D. 2005.
Octosporea bayeri: Fumidil B inhibits vertical transmission in Daphnia
magna. Experimental Parasitology 109: 58-61.
2004
- Ebert, D., Carius, H.J., Little, T. & Decaestecker, E. 2004. The evolution of virulence when parasites cause host castration and gigantism. American Naturalist 164: S19-S32.
- Ebert, D., Salathé, P. & Kawecki, T.J. 2004. Evidence for epistasis: Reply to Trouve et. al. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 1402-1404.
- Fels, D., Lee, V.A. & Ebert, D. 2004. The impact of microparasites on the vertical distribution of Daphnia magna. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 161: 65-80.
- Kawecki, T.J. & Ebert, D. 2004. Conceptual issues in local adaptation. Ecology Letters 7: 1225-1241.
- Haag, C. R. & Ebert, D. 2004. Parasite-mediated selection in experimental metapopulations of Daphnia magna. Proceedings: Biological Sciences 271: 2149-2155.
- Schneider, A. & Ebert, D. 2004. Covariation of mitochondrial genome size with gene lengths: Evidence for gene length reduction during mitochondrial evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 59: 90-96
- Haag, C. R. & Ebert, D. 2004. A new hypothesis to explain geographic parthenogenesis. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41: 539-544.
- Decaestecker, E., Lefever, C., De Meester, L. & Ebert, D. 2004. Haunted by the past: evidence for resting stage banks of microparasites and epibionts of Daphnia. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1355-1364.
- Mucklow, P. T., Vizoso, D. B., Jensen, K. H., Refardt, D. & Ebert, D. 2004. Variation for phenoloxidase activity and its relation to parasite resistance within and between populations of Daphnia magna. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 271: 1175-1183.
- Pulkkinen, K. & Ebert, D. 2004. Host starvation decreases parasite load and mean host size in experimental populations. Ecology 85: 823-833.
- Vizoso, D. B. & Ebert, D. 2004. Within-host dynamics of a microsporidium with horizontal and vertical transmission: Octosporea bayeri in Daphnia magna. Parasitology 128: 31-38.
2003
- Mucklow, P. T. & Ebert, D. 2003. Physiology of immunity in the water flea Daphnia magna: Environmental and genetic aspects of phenoloxidase activity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 836-842.
- Regoes, R. R., Hottinger, J. W., Sygnarski, L. & Ebert, D. 2003. The infection rate of Daphnia magna by Pasteuria ramosa conforms with the mass-action principle. Epidemiology and Infection 131: 957-966.
- Salathé, P. & Ebert, D. 2003. The effects of parasitism and inbreeding on the competitive ability in Daphnia magna: evidence for synergistic epistasis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 976-985.
- Decaestecker, E., Vergote, A., Ebert, D. & De Meester, L. 2003. Evidence for strong host clone-parasite species interaction in the Daphnia microparasite system. Evolution 57: 784-792.
- Haag, C. J., Sakwinska, O., & Ebert, D. 2003. Test of synergistic interaction between infection and inbreeding in Daphnia magna. Evolution 57: 777-783.
- Capaul, M. & Ebert, D. 2003. Parasite mediated selection in experimental populations of Daphnia magna. Evolution 57: 249-260.
- Schmid-Hempel, P. & Ebert, D. 2003. On the evolutionary ecology of specific immune defence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 27-32.
- Ebert, D. & Bull, J. J. 2003. Revisiting Virulence Management. Trends in Microbiology 11:208-209 (this is a reply to Comments in TiM, vol. 11; by Elliot (page 205) and Gandon & Troy (pp. 206-206)) to the paper in TiM (vol.11: 15-20) by Ebert & Bull.
- Ebert, D. & Bull, J. J. 2003. Challenging the trade-off model for the evolution of virulence: is virulence management feasible? Trends in Microbiology 11: 15-20.
2002
- Canning, E. U., Refardt, D., Vossbrinck, C. R., Okamura, B. & Curry, A. 2002. New diplokaryotic microsporidia (Phylum Microsporidia) from freshwater bryozoans (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata). European Journal of Protistology 38: 247-266.
- Little, T. J., H. J. Carius, O. Sakwinska, and Ebert, D. 2002. Competitiveness and life-history characteristics of Daphnia with respect to susceptibility to a parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 796-802.
- Decaestecker, E., De Meester, L. & Ebert, D. 2002. In deep trouble: Habitat selection constrained by multiple enemies in zooplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 99: 5481-5485.
- Haag, C., Hottinger, J.W., Riek, M. & Ebert, D. 2002. Strong inbreeding depression in a Daphnia metapopulation. Evolution 56: 518-526.
- Refardt, D, Canning, E. U., Mathis, A., Cheney, S. A., Lafranchi-Tristem, N. J. & Ebert, D. 2002. Small subunit ribosomal DNA phylogeny of microsporidia that infect Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera). Parasitology 124: 381-389.
- Regoes, R. R., Ebert, D. & Bonhoeffer, S. 2002. Dose-dependent infection rates of parasites produce Allee effect in epidemiology. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 269: 271-279.
- Ebert, D., Haag, C., Kirkpatrick, M., Riek, M., Hottinger, J. W. and Pajunen, V. I. 2002. Outbreeding confers a selective advantage to immigrant genes in a metapopulation. Science 295: 485-488.
- Bittner, K., Rothhaupt, K.O. & Ebert, D. 2002. Ecological interactions of the microparasite Caullerya mesnili and its host Daphnia galeata. Limnology and Oceanography 47: 300-305.
2001
- Ebert, D., Hottinger, J. W. & Pajunen, V. I. 2001. Temporal and spatial dynamics of parasites in a Daphnia metapopulation: Which factors explain parasite richness? Ecology 82: 3417-3434.
- Stearns, S. C. and Ebert, D. 2001. Evolution in Health and disease: Work in progress. Quarterly Review of Biology 76: 417-432.
- Canning, E. U., A. Curry, S. A. Chenney, N. J. Lafranchi-Tristem, D. Ebert, D. Refardt, M. Killick-Kendrick & R. Killick-Kendrick. 2001. Flabelliforma montana (Phylum Microsporidia) from Phlebotomus ariasi (Diptera: Psychodidae): ultrastructural observations and phylogenetic relationships. European Journal of Protistology 37: 207-221.
- Carius, H.J., Little, T.J. & Ebert, D. 2001. Genetic variation in a host - parasite association: potential for coevolution and frequency dependent selection. Evolution 55: 1136-1145.
- Little, T.J. & Ebert, D. 2001. Temporal patterns of genetic variation for resistance and infectivity in a Daphnia-microparasite system. Evolution 55: 1146-1152.
2000
- Ebert, D., Lipsitch, M. & Mangin, K.L. 2000. The effect of parasites on host population density and extinction: experimental epidemiology with Daphnia and six microparasites. American Naturalist 156: 459-477.
- Little, T.J. & Ebert, D. 2000. The cause of parasitic infection in natural populations of Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera): the role of host genetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 267: 2037-2043.
- Little, T.J. & Ebert, D. 2000. Sex, linkage disequilibrium and patterns of parasitism in three species of cyclically parthenogenetic Daphnia (Cladocera: Crustacea). Heredity 85: 257-265.
- Ebert, D., Zschokke-Rohringer, C.D. & Carius, H.J. 2000. Dose effects and density dependent regulation of two microparasites of Daphnia magna. Oecologia 122: 200-209.
Book chapters
- Ebert, D. & Bull, J.J. 2008. The evolution of virulence. pp. 153-167. In: Evolution in health and disease (2nd Ed.). (eds. Stearns, S.C. & Koella, J.K.) Oxford University Press, Oxford. 363 p.
- Ebert, D. 2005. How to catch the Red Queen? In: Narrow Roads of Gene Land, The collected papers by W.D. Hamilton Vol. 3. (ed. M. Ridely). Oxford University Press 189-194
- Little, T. J. & Ebert, D. 2004. Evolutionary dynamics in Daphnia and their microparasites. In: Infectious Disease: Host-Pathogen Evolution (ed. K. Dronamraju). Cambridge University Press, UK. pp. 222-240.
- Agnew, P., Becknel, J., Ebert, D. & Michalakis, Y. 2003. Symbiosis of microsporidia and insects. In: Insect symbiosis (eds. Bourtzis, K. and Miller, Th.) pp.145-165.
- Ebert, D. 2000. Experimental evidence for rapid parasite adaptation and its consequences for the evolution of virulence. In: Host-parasite evolution (eds. R. Poulin, S. Morand & A. Skorping) Elsevier pp. 163-184.
Book reviews
- Steven A. Frank, 2002. Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. 348pp. and: U. Dieckmann, J. A. J. Metz, M. W. Sabelis & K. Sigmund (eds). 2002. Adaptive Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: In pursuit of virulence management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 523 pp. (reviewed by J. J. Bull & D. Ebert. 2003. Evolution 57: 441-443.
- Trevathan, W. R., Smith, E. O. & McKenna, J. J. Evolutionary Medicine. (reviewed by D. Ebert & N. V. Sokolova. 2000. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 194-196.).